At least 25 Myanmar junta forces were killed in the last four days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued their attacks on regime targets across the country.
Incidents were reported in Sagaing, Magwe and Tanintharyi regions and Mon, Karen and Kachin states.
The Irrawaddy has rounded up the following reports of significant attacks from PDFs and EAOs.
Some military casualties could not be independently verified.
Military unit bombed in Sagaing
Resistance forces shell regime targets with improvised mortar rounds in Budalin Township on Thursday. / Ninja PDF
Local resistance group Ninja PDF said it and five other PDF groups used improvised mortar rounds to bomb a military unit raiding villages in Budalin Township, Sagaing Region on Thursday.
Military casualties were unknown.
Regime forces, military vehicle ambushed in Sagaing
At least four regime forces were killed in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region on Tuesday when resistance groups ambushed two military units and a junta logistics vehicle in the township, said Black Wolf Army, which took part in the attacks.
First, the combined groups triggered land mines to ambush a military logistics truck leaving a junta base in Shwebo on that afternoon, killing three regime forces and injuring others.
The groups also attacked a military unit of 50 troops at the entrance of Shwebo town on the same afternoon, killing a soldier.
Another 50 military reinforcements were bombed by resistance drones while heading to the entrance to help the troops being attacked by the PDF groups, said the Black Wolf Army. Junta casualties as a result of the drone strikes were unknown.
Convoy transporting junta copper hit by mine in Sagaing
A convoy of trucks transporting copper for the junta face mine ambushes on a road in Sagaing Region. / BHA
Brave Heart Army said it and another resistance group triggered heavy land mines in four locations to ambush two convoys of trucks transporting copper from Monywa to Sagaing for the military on Monday and Tuesday.
Details of the damage were unknown.
Regime patrols killed in ambush in Monywa
Resistance members ambush a junta vehicle patrolling in Monywa Township on Monday night. / Naung Yoe PDF
Naung Yoe PDF said it and other resistance groups killed two soldiers and injured others when it ambushed a small vehicle carrying regime forces from close range in Monywa Township, Sagaing Region on Monday night. The regime forces were attempting to patrol unseen in an industrial zone with the vehicle’s headlights turned off.
Regime forces bombed in Sagaing
Shwebo District PDF Battalion 23 claimed its forces used three grenades to attack 12 junta troops who had just arrived and gathered at the entrance of a junta-controlled agriculture office in Shwebo town, Sagaing Region on Thursday afternoon.
In the attack, two troops were killed and five injured, said the resistance group, citing witnesses.
Regime forces killed in resistance attacks in Magwe
A drone drops a bomb on regime targets in a vehicle performing security duty on a road in Pakokku Township on Wednesday. / Myaing PDF
Myaing PDF said at least six regime troops including two pro-junta militia members were killed and many injured in Pauk and Pakokku townships, Magwe Region on Tuesday and Wednesday as it and other resistance groups conducted ambushes, drone strikes and mine attacks against regime targets.
Junta troops killed in resistance attacks in Tanintharyi
Resistance forces engage in a clash with a military unit in Dawei Township on Wednesday. / Dawei Collective Column
At least three regime forces were killed and two others injured in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region on Wednesday when fighters of Dawei Collective Column clashed with a military unit of 80 soldiers on a road, the resistance group said.
There were no resistance casualties.
Military base raided in Karen
At least four regime forces were killed in Kyainseikgyi Township, Karen State on Tuesday when the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), attacked troops of Military Infantry Battalion 284 stationed at a police outpost in the township, said the KNU.
Military checkpoints attacked in Mon
Black Wolf Column said it coordinated with KNLA troops to attack a military checkpoint in Mokepalin Village in Mon State’s Kyaikhto Township on Wednesday, killing a military sergeant and injuring a police officer.
A video shows resistance fighters attacking the military checkpoint.
Military convoy attacked in Mon
The Defense Ministry of the civilian National Unity Government said three junta troops were killed in Kyaikhto Township, Mon State on Wednesday when combined resistance groups attacked a military convoy of six vehicles near a village.
Military flotilla ambushed in Kachin
A military flotilla comes under resistance attack in Shwegu Township, Kachin State on Wednesday. / Myo Hla PDF
Regime forces are thought to have been killed or injured in Shwegu Township, Kachin State on Wednesday when Myo Hla People’s Defense Forces used 107-mm rocket bombs to attack a military flotilla of nine vessels traveling on the Irrawaddy River, said the resistance group.
Two vessels were hit in the attack.
